indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English, Anglo-Norman
Scripts maleuré, maleuree, maleuret, malhouré, malloré, maloré, maloree, maloret; malouré, malueré, maluered, maluré, maluree
Other Forms FormsMalory
Meaning & History
The more common variant of the surname Malory. Originally an Anglo-Norman byname for an unfortunate or unhappy person, from the Old French word "maleuré" meaning "unfortunate", "wretched" "wicked". mal meaning "bad/evil" and eur meaning "fortune". Briefly used as a given name in the 1980s after a character of the same name in the sitcom "Family Ties" (1983-1989)